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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Pinwheel Tutorial

So, thanks to my wonderful niece, Brooke, I am officially a Pintrest junkie! While adding pins to my boards, I noticed I had several pins that involved pinwheels. Being in Texas we are in the heat of summer and pinwheels are a true sign that it is upon us. I decided that I needed some of this cuteness in my home ;)

First up, gather your papers, brads, paper trimmer and the handy-dandy Crop-a-dile Big Bite (love it!).

I cut my papers down to 6x6.Then cut from the corner toward the middle- making sure to leave a section uncut. (sorry, I didn't measure. Just wanted to get the project done.)
Punch a hole in the center. With the Crop-a-dile you can do a boat-load of paper :)

Punch a hole in one corner of the 'triangles.'
With me, so far?
Start gathering your corners, poking the brad through your holes.
Push your brad through the center hole. Yes, I know. It is a bit hard to see.
Ta da! A pinwheel! So cute :)
Here is my finished pile. I was on a roll and couldn't stop myself.
 I clipped a few of them to some string with clothes pins and hung it up on our tv cabinet (yep, I didn't take a picture.) I gave some to a friend as a housewarming gift. She loved it! Just a touch of fun amongst boring, brown boxes.
I wonder hat I will find next on Pintrest? :)

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